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Ballymena United made it five wins in a row to secure seventh spot in the Danske Bank Premiership.

Neal Gawley opened the scoring on 29 minutes with a first time finish under 'keeper Adam Murphy after connecting with a Mark Surgenor cross.

Prior to that Matt Tipton had the ball in the net from a Gawley cross but the assistant referee ruled the 'goal' out offside.

The Sky Blues might have doubled their lead early in the second half when, from a Tony Kane ball, David Cushley crossed from the left for Darren Boyce to turn the ball just wide at the back post.

Ballymena's second goal did arrive with seven minutes remaining when a Kane free-kick deflected into the path of substitute Eamon McAllister to fire home.

The Mallards grabbed a late consolation three minutes later through Cathal Beacom after firing past Tim Allen when a Jason McCartney free-kick wasn't cleared by the home defence.

Ballymena United: Allen, Kane, Taylor, Ervin, Ruddy, Thompson, Surgenor, Gawley, Cushley, Tipton, Boyce subs McVey (not used), Harris (not used), Gardiner (replaced Tipton 72), McAllister (replaced Gawley 46), McNeill (replaced Ruddy 84)

Ballinamallard United: A. Murphy, Crilly, McMenamin, Feeney, McLaughlin, Beacom, Hutchinson, Kee, Lafferty, McCartney, Campbell subs McCusker (not used), Elliott (replaced Campbell 68), Noble (replaced Hutchinson 19), McNulty (not used), Brown (replaced Crilly 85)

Referee: Evan Boyce

Attendance: 447

Lineups, Bookings and Substitutions

Timothy Allen
Johnny Taylor
Jim Ervin
Michael Ruddy		84
Tony Kane
Mark Surgenor
Neal Gawley		46	29
David Cushley
Gary Thompson
Matt Tipton		72
Darren Boyce

Adam Murphy
Christopher Crilly		85
Liam McMenamin
Steve Feeney
Colm McLaughlin
Cathal Beacom			86
Stuart Hutchinson		19
David Kee
Jonathan Lafferty
Jason McCartney
Ryan Campbell		68

Subs

Craig Gardiner		72
Eamon McAllister		46	83
Jake McNeill		84

Subs

Dale Noble		19
Ben Brown		85
David Elliott		68